A super year 5 open football tournament at the Tanbridge astroturf tonight with loads of tight games and over fifty per cent of matches played ending in a draw at full-time. Steyning did not mind the pressure that came with close margins though; in the two sudden-death penalty shoot-outs they emerged victorious to see them through to the title.
Despite the highly competitive nature of both Phase 1 groups the usual suspects still managed to eke their way to the top. In Group A St Robert Southwell managed to go unbeaten with some dogged play; unfortunately for them they also went winless meaning that all four matches they played were draws! Great in defence, not so great in attack left them mid-table behind the also unbeaten powerhouses of Southwater and Leechpool A. Shelley only had one loss in four matches but still finished second from bottom: the harsh mathematics of the group of death!
Kingslea was the most dominant Phase 1 team with three wins, finishing just above Steyning with two and Heron Way in third.
More draws abounded in Phase 2 with Southwater being floored by the Steyning penalty knack in the semi and Leechpool A accounted for in similar fashion in the top tier final. St Robert Southwell and Shelley could not be split in the Tier 2 final so they shared it and North Heath signed off with a 2-0 win over Leechpool B to take Tier 3.
Great fun and looking forward to more of it next week with the year 4’s.
RESULTS
| GROUP A Southwater 16pts Leechpool A 14pts St Robert Southwell 12pts Shelley 10pts North Heath 8pts | GROUP B Kingslea 18pts Steyning 16pts Heron Way 13pts Castlewood 8pts Leechpool B 6pts | |||
| PHASE 1 GROUPS | ||||
| PITCH 1 | PITCH 2 | PITCH 3 | PITCH 4 | |
4.02-4.12 | Shelley 1 v 1 St Rob Southwell | North Heath 1 v 3 Southwater | Leech B 0 v 0 Castlewood | Kingslea 2 v 1 Heron Way | |
4.14-4.24 | Leechpool A 0 v 0 Southwater | Shelley 0 v 0 North Heath | Heron Way 3 v 1 Leechpool B | Castlewood 0 v 2 Steyning | |
4.26-4.36 | North Heath 0 v 3 Leech A | Southwater 0 v 0 St Rob South | Steyning 0 v 0 Heron Way | Leechpool B 0 v 2 Kingslea | |
4.39-4.49 | Rob South 0 v 0 North Heath | Leechpool A 1 v 1 Shelley | Kingslea 0 v 0 Steyning | Heron Way 0 v 0 Castlewood | |
4.51-5.01 | Southwater 1 v 0 Shelley | St Rob South 0 v 0 Leechpool A | Castlewood 0 v 2 Kingslea | Steyning 5 v 0 Leechpool B | |
| PHASE 2 PLAY-OFFS | ||||
5.05-5.15 | Semi-final 1 Winner Gp A v Rr-Up Gp B Southwater 0 v 0 Steyning Steyning win on penalties | Semi-final 2 Winner Gp B v Runner-Up Gp A Kingslea 0 v 1 Leechpool A | Semi-final A Third Gp A v Fourth Gp B Rob South 4 v 0 Castlewood
| Semi-final B Third Gp B v Fourth Gp A Heron Way 0 v 2 Shelley | |
5.17-5.27 | Final Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2 Steyning 0 v 0 Leechpool A Steyning win on penalties | Third Place Loser SF 1 v Loser SF 2 Southwater 0 v 0 Kingslea | Tier 2 Winner SF A v Winner SF B St Rob South 0 v 0 Shelley
Seventh place automatically shared between Heron Way and Castlewood | Tier 3 5th Gp A v 5th Gp B North Heath 2 v 0 Leech B | |
| TOP TIER PLACINGS 1st Steyning 2nd Leechpool A 3rd = Southwater and Kingslea |
| MIDDLE TIER PLACINGS 1st = St Rob South and Shelley 3rd = Heron Way and Castlewood | LOWER TIER PLACINGS 1st North Heath 2nd Leechpool B | |